Automatic Pistol
an arm adopted by the German Government for use in the army. It is charged with 10 cartridges at a time, may be reloaded with great speed, and is said to possess many advantages over the revolver. The charging is done automatically. The magazine is in the center of the weapon. A feature of the new weapon is a combination, which enables the pistol to be transformed, instantly, into a musket.
This is done by using the case as a butt.
The bullet of hardened lead weighs five and a half grams. The caliber is 7.03 mm. The initial velocity of the projectile is 425 meters. The sight is graduated to 500 meters, and the extreme range is about 1,000 meters.